A case under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been filed in the Matunga police station and an internal committee was formed by the college to look into the matter. The girl had been waiting outside the office to sign a few documents for the upcoming semester.

The college director told Mirror Now that an internal panel is probing the case and that one can expect a report within 15 days as the matter is extremely sensitive.&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspIndiatimes, Representative Image

Mumbai: In what is a shocking incident, a senior professor of a prestigious Mumbai college has been accused by a first-year engineering student of molesting her and asking for sexual favours in exchange for marks. The student states in her complaint that she was made to wait outside the accused's office for two hours and finally got to meet him at 5 pm. She then claims that the man molested her and told her that he would offer her extra marks if she gave in to his demands.

A case under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been filed in the Matunga police station and an internal committee was formed by the college to look into the matter. The girl had been waiting outside the office to sign a few documents for the upcoming semester. The complainant has written a detailed letter with a timeline of events. Sources told Mirror Now that this is not the first time the accused has tried to behave inappropriately with women and in fact, there had been a complaint against him by a female teacher in the past too.

Coming as it does in the wake of the #MeToo movement, this case is yet more proof about the pressures and obstacles women face in every field and how the accused always seem to get away. The college director told Mirror Now that an internal panel is probing the case and that one can expect a report within 15 days as the matter is extremely sensitive.

Professor threatened to fail, inappropriately touched me: Mumbai college studentDescription:A case under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been filed in the Matunga police station and an internal committee was formed by the college to look into the matter. The girl had been waiting outside the office to sign a few documents for the upcoming semester.Times Now